Directv problems.......

[Katy Lied]

I record my TV via MythTV so I can watch the programming anywhere I please.

Intriquing

[Donuthole]

Also D-hole yes that is the new Directv upgrade, you can watch any shows that are on your DVR from any TV at any time. I really like the feature where you can pause a show in one room and unpause it in another to continue watching.

Sweet. I'll probably change over in the next month or so.

[Uncle Ted]

are you running this on a Linux box? Do you have any experience with the MAC OS version?

I run the backend on a Linux box currently although I am thinking about moving to a Mac or FreeBSD for the backend. I have a hauppauge 1212 that I picked up off ebay for a deal. The driver works well with Linux and I am thinking about porting it to either FreeBSD or Mac OS X. The advantage of FreeBSD is that I could use ZFS which makes adding more hard drive space a breeze.

I run the MythTV frontend on a Mac in my home office so I can watch TV (live or delayed) while I work in a window. SG talked me into buying a PlayStation 3 which I used for bluray DVDs and streaming MythTV content to our home theater room (via UPnP).

[The_Tick]

Sweet. I'll probably change over in the next month or so.

Let me know...I can refer you and we both get 100.00.

Just had to beat LiveCoug for the credit.

[LiveCoug]

Let me know...I can refer you and we both get 100.00.

Just had to beat LiveCoug for the credit.

I don't think I've ever gotten a referral credit before. Dang.

[Coach McGuirk]

I run the backend on a Linux box currently although I am thinking about moving to a Mac or FreeBSD for the backend. I have a hauppauge 1212 that I picked up off ebay for a deal. The driver works well with Linux and I am thinking about porting it to either FreeBSD or Mac OS X. The advantage of FreeBSD is that I could use ZFS which makes adding more hard drive space a breeze.

I run the MythTV frontend on a Mac in my home office so I can watch TV (live or delayed) while I work in a window. SG talked me into buying a PlayStation 3 which I used for bluray DVDs and streaming MythTV content to our home theater room (via UPnP).

Can you run the front end and the back end on the same box? I think I am not techie enough for this to work.

[FN Phat]

Yes. Started this morning when the clicker would no change the channel. Then I reset and all I could get was grey screen. I didn't have time to figure it out.

Same issue for me. Then the box reset itself and it was all good. I had no idea why though. It is about time they did this.

[Uncle Ted]

Can you run the front end and the back end on the same box? I think I am not techie enough for this to work.

Yes. That is how most people run it.

[il Padrino Ute]

Direct TV sucks. I can't wait until August when the contract expires so I can go back to Dish.

Dish without the mtn > DTV with the mtn > Comcast with anything.

[Coach McGuirk]

Yes. That is how most people run it.

Ok thanks! Last question. Is there a step by step tutorial that you could point me in the direction of to setup and install this?

[BigFatMeanie]

Also D-hole yes that is the new Directv upgrade, you can watch any shows that are on your DVR from any TV at any time. I really like the feature where you can pause a show in one room and unpause it in another to continue watching.

I believe they charge $20 a month extra for this feature? No?

[cougjunkie]

I believe they charge $20 a month extra for this feature? No?

$3 per box.

[BigFatMeanie]

Direct TV sucks. I can't wait until August when the contract expires so I can go back to Dish.

Dish without the mtn > DTV with the mtn > Comcast with anything.

I'm a long time Dish user and was thinking about going to DTV because of the MTN and because DTV would be cheaper for 24 months (with all the discounts and crap that you get for new subscribers). Also, DTV is currently waiving the extra fee for HD access for life if you sign up right now.

Of course, I love Dish and there are a couple of things that Dish does that DTV doesn't do:

- Picture in Picture. I can't believe DTV doesn't support this yet. Their customers have been begging for years.
- Dual TV outputs so you can run two TVs off the same tuner. Not a big deal but it saves me an extra receiver.

These two things are nice but I was willing to give them up to get the MTN and have it be a bit cheaper for 24 months. Aside from those two items what else sucks about DTV? Why would you avoid switching if you were me?

[falafel]

I don't think I've ever gotten a referral credit before. Dang.

I'll let you refer me when I do it later.

[Donuthole]

Let me know...I can refer you and we both get 100.00.

Just had to beat LiveCoug for the credit.

Sorry. My brother has been on my tail for over nearly 2 years about switching. I think he'd disown me if I didn't use him for the referral credit he has asked me about over a dozen times. Come to think of it, it would be kind of funny if the next time he visited I had DTV. I'll have to think about that.